It Takes a Village

12/16/2025

I’ve been avoiding this post for a while now, dreading the reality of what needs to be said. After six years of serving the Sioux Falls community, It Takes a Village will be pausing its services indefinitely. I’m deeply saddened to have reached this conclusion, as it has been an incredible privilege to grow this organization and work alongside non-profit partners in service of those in need. However, due to personal reasons, my family has relocated out of the country and will be unable to continue this work.

While our organization was small, our impact was meaningful. The organizations we helped support continue to run dry of essential hygiene items due to the growing need. The economic challenges our community faces have the greatest impact on the most vulnerable populations. Additionally, these hardships place mounting pressure on non-profits to expand their services with fewer resources to do so. As we head into the coldest months of the year, it is essential that our community rise to the challenge to help those less fortunate than ourselves.

Thank you to everyone who supported this work and helped me learn and grow along the way. Thank you to the Sutton Leadership Institute for inspiring me to get engaged. Thank you to EmBe for their sponsorship and endless mentorship. And most importantly, thank you to all of the donors, volunteers, friends, and family who answered my calls for help and showed up with enthusiasm. You made my little dream into a big reality, and I will forever be indebted.

Please consider supporting these organizations that continue to serve the Sioux Falls community: - - - - - - - .southdakota - .clinic - -

Much love – Heather Krause

05/06/2025

We love supporting the Teddy Bear Den 🧸

For the past six years, It Takes a Village has shown up for our moms in the most incredible ways—and this weekend they did it again with a generous donation of postpartum and hygiene kits that will directly support the women we serve at the Teddy Bear Den.

Their village of volunteers continues to inspire us with their compassion, dedication, and unwavering support. We are in awe of all they do and are so thankful to be part of their circle of care.

05/05/2025

Shoutout to Mrs. Wetzel’s 2nd grade classroom for making notes of love and support for us to include in our hygiene kits. These heartwarming messages are sure to brighten the day of those in need across the Sioux Falls area 💜

05/04/2025

This year could not have been possible without the immense support from . In addition to donating ALL of the bags needed for our kits, the Sioux Falls branch offered additional financial support, warehouse storage, and a crew of volunteers. Thank you 👏👏

05/04/2025

Thank you for donating your truck and labor by helping us pick up and drop off all of the products for our kits! Your hard working crew made our day seamless! 👏👏👏

05/04/2025

After six years, this crew is like a well-oiled machine! Thanks to all of our incredible donors, sponsors and volunteers, we built over 1,600 hygiene, postpartum, confidence and new home kits for area nonprofits! Making a difference is easy when you’ve got a village behind you 💪

05/04/2025

Year #6 was a huge success thanks to all the incredible volunteers, donors and sponsors! Yesterday we built over 1,600 hygiene, postpartum, confidence and new home kits for area nonprofits 💪 Making a difference is easy when you’ve got a village behind you!

05/01/2025

Big shoutout to for providing us special pricing on products to fill our kits! Partnerships like this help make sure we can stretch our donor dollars as far as possible. 👏👏👏

04/24/2025

We’re 8 days away from our annual hygiene kit event! Join us at 9am on May 3rd at the EmBe gym downtown to help us build hygiene kits for area nonprofits. See you there!

04/14/2025

We are SO CLOSE to hitting our fundraising goal for our event in three weeks. Can you help us cross the finish line? 🙏

Donation link - https://bit.ly/4gIyy53